The flag supporting World AIDS Day stands along a sidewalk on Ninth Street.

By TRUPTI RAMI

neighborhoods@columbiamissourian.com

A few dozen flags lined the sidewalks of Broadway and Ninth Street Wednesday as a part of World AIDS Day, an international day dedicated to raising awareness about HIV. About 33.4 million people are living with HIV worldwide, according to UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program about HIV/AIDS.